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Hall County Board of Commissioners Chairman Dick Mecum has issued a declaration of local emergency for South Hall, which was hardest hit by overnight thunderstorms. Read More
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Concertgoers look over items in a silent auction Saturday night at the Rock in the Spring fundraiser at Brenau University ampitheater. Proceeds benefit the local school Challenged Child and Friends, an early intervention center in Gainesville that provides special needs and typically developing children the opportunity to learn together and from each other. Local musicians Mid Life Crisis played at the event. Local musicians Mid Life Crisis perform Saturday night for the audience at the Brenau ... Read More
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Riverside Military Academy welcomed a new addition to its campus Saturday, something it hasn’t had since 2005: A home for the school president. Read More
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In anticipation of the summertime increase in lake recreation, the Lake Lanier Association held a Boating Safety Awareness Day Saturday at Lake Lanier Islands resort. Read More
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Jennifer Robson sits in front of her laptop computer and scrolls through a list of ads on an adult website, looking for a local woman to call. Read More
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To spot victims of sex trafficking, it takes the keen eye of an expert — one like Brian Johnston, assistant special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Human Trafficking Unit. Read More
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The potential for no left turns on Green Street has raised hackles along the busy, four-lane road, according to one of its most vocal business leaders. Read More
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With tears in her eyes, second-grade teacher Maria McConnell says goodbye to her class. Read More
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Hall County and Gainesville, on behalf of all the county’s municipalities, each submitted their offers on the distribution of local option sales tax revenue Friday morning to visiting Superior Court Judge Frank Mills. Read More
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Fifty-two foreign nationals from more than 25 countries walked into the federal court in Gainesville at 11 a.m. Friday and walked out as citizens of the United States at noon. Read More
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Crowds came by both car and by boat Friday to the kickoff for the second annual Hawgin’ on Lanier barbecue competition at Laurel Park. Read More
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As the state GOP convention officially came to order Friday, a small group of tea party and other activists stood outside to announce a large-scale voter outreach effort this year in part because they feel they can’t depend on national Republicans to win elections. Read More
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Firefighters were called to a blaze this afternoon at a building off Jesse Jewell Parkway in the 1000 block of Airport Drive. Read More
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Flowery Branch is moving toward a fiscal 2013-14 budget with the tax rate remaining the same, but with local option sales taxes remaining an unknown factor because of an ongoing dispute between Hall County and the cities. Read More
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The 2013 graduating class of Gainesville High School has many accomplished students who are destined to do something meaningful with their lives. Read More
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Gainesville High School’s broadcast journalism class will be streaming live coverage of the school’s graduation ceremony tonight. Read More
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The Powerball jackpot is at an estimated $562 million, the second highest in the game’s history. Like with all big jackpots, that means many people are thinking about what they could do with that huge chunk of change, which can be doled out over 29 years or paid in a cash option of about $352.1 million. So, let’s hear it. What would you do with the money? Read More
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In conjunction with National Police Week and the honoring of fallen officers, the Gainesville Police Department is lit up blue at night. Read More
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Hall County held a public budget open house Thursday evening, and one resident came. Read More
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The city of Gainesville is moving forward to create a land bank, and the next step is talking to Hall County. Read More
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Dawson County’s chief tax appraiser has resigned following his arrest last week on misdemeanor drug charges. Read More
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A Dawsonville man was arrested Monday morning after he reportedly attempted to set fire to his home on Duck Thurmond Road last week. Read More
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Laurel Park’s boat ramp will be closed Saturday during the Hawgin’ on Lanier barbecue event. Read More
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ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order Wednesday putting in place restrictions on a set of academic standards adopted by the state that have faced growing opposition in recent months by tea party and conservative groups. Read More
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Law enforcement officers joined Gov. Nathan Deal at the Laurel Park Boat Ramp on Wednesday to deliver the message that a blood alcohol content of .08 is the law of the land and the water. Read More
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Gainesville school officials and police were still working Wednesday to determine the identity of the third person involved in vandalism at Gainesville High School. Read More
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An icon of Southern style helped a Gainesville elementary school boost its aesthetic appeal Wednesday morning. Read More
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SAVANNAH — A water-projects bill approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate contains a provision that would remove a bureaucratic obstacle to deepening the Savannah harbor if the measure becomes law. Read More
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State and local officials and lawmakers gave their initial thoughts on the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation of lowering the blood-alcohol content rule to .05 for roads, from .08. Read More
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The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to OK a water reauthorization bill that will not limit Georgia’s water use from Lake Lanier and Lake Allatoona, a restriction that had been sought by lawmakers in Alabama and Florida. Read More
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A presentation by the Drug Free Coalition of Hall County at the Hall County Schools District Office on Thursday night in Gainesville focused on preventing overdoses of prescription drugs. Read More
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Gov. Nathan Deal ordered Bibles be returned to rooms at state parks Wednesday after the books were removed following a complaint from a guest. Read More
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Two measures passed unanimously at a brief city of Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board meeting on Tuesday evening at the Public Safety Complex. Read More
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The Georgia State Patrol on Tuesday identified the 11-year-old boy who was injured Sunday afternoon in a four-wheeler accident in West Hall as Lanny Charles Dunagan. Read More
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A 22-year-old man was airlifted for treatment Tuesday after the Gator or similar vehicle he was riding in the woods overturned, authorities said. Read More
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Hall County will test its outdoor weather siren at 10 a.m. today. Read More
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Today’s remarks at Laurel Park by Gov. Nathan Deal are expected to focus on the boating under the influence portion of the boating safety reforms passed by the legislature and signed into law April 23. Read More
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WomenSource, an organization dedicated to ”encouraging personal and professional success for all women in Northeast Georgia through a variety of educational programs,” according to program coordinator Laura Haynes, visited Milton Martin Honda on Tuesday. The organization has partnered with the car dealership before, but members wanted to do it again and take the auto lessons, learning things from when to service vehicles to how to jump- start a car. Read More
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Prescription drug addiction will be the topic of the night at a presentation Thursday at the Hall County Schools office. Read More
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Even though children aren’t going to be able to visit their school library over the summer, there are still plenty of opportunities to hone their reading skills. Read More
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The few people who showed at the hearings got to see the thinking behind the math in the Gainesville school system’s crafting a budget for fiscal 2013-14. Read More
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A man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday after a jury convicted him on Monday of several violent felonies and property crimes, the Northeastern Judicial Circuit’s district attorney’s office said. Read More
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The Georgia State Election Board declined to send alleged election violations by Hall County to the state Attorney General’s Office Tuesday. Read More
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Gainesville school officials said Tuesday that three students are responsible for overnight vandalism at Gainesville High School. Read More
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The Georgia State Patrol has identified the 11-year-old boy who was injured Sunday afternoon in a four-wheeler accident in West Hall as Lanny Charles Dunagan. Read More
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Volunteers at the Historic Clermont DIP Library opened its one-room library in the town’s gym last year, but soon there will be more room to spread out. Read More
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The Gainesville/Hall '96 Foundation’s next life was started Monday, 17 years after playing a large role in creating the 1996 Lake Lanier Olympic Center and maintaining the site’s legacy. Read More
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes to forge ahead this spring and summer with issuing dock permits, and not resort to moving employees assigned to that task to covering parks, as it had to do last year. Read More
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